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April Moon at Descending

Tuesday April 10th the thin waning crescent Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path (dark green line) has with the ecliptic.

On the day of the node crossing the 24-day old waning crescent Moon will be over the eastern horizon about an hour before the Sun rises.

Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for monthly observing information, or here to go to bobs-spaces.